[comp.sys.cbm] Fastloaders and other fun stuff

cygnus@wpi.wpi.edu (Marshall Robin) (03/24/90)

Hey, I don't know if I asked this before but.....

Is there a fastloader in the public domain for the 128? I'm pretty sick
of waiting for 2 minutes to load a 128 terminal....is it available on
any FTP sites?

Also-

Is there an assembler for the 64 that generates OBJECT code (IE that you can
link with other object code files) similar to C or Pascal?

Lastly-

Something strange happened to a couple of my drives a week or so ago. I
swapped the PCB's to test a device # switch and neither drive worked right.
One worked OK except the red light wouldn't come on, the other couldnt read
the disk (it moved the read head back and forth for about a minute before
giving up). When I switched them back they worked fine. One board was from
1982, the other 1984. Now I would have thought that to the mechanical stuff
the boards would look the same from the outside, but this seems not to be the
case. Anyone out there have any insight why??

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